Also in the programme australian intelligence officials investigate allegations of a plot to get a chinese spy elected to parliament. And we meet the malaysian punk rocker whos leading the Straight Edge Movement by promoting a totally sober lifestyle. Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. Glad you could join us. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore and the same time in hong kong, where leader carrie lam has said the government will seriously reflect after local elections saw Massive Gains by pro democracy candidates. They secured almost 90 of District Council seats in sundays poll. Its being seen as a stinging rebuke of ms lams leadership and a show of support for the protest movement. From hong kong, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is not the sort of Media Attention usually given to the winners of a local council election. But last nights victory for hong kongs democrats was no ordinary win. It was an unprecedented landslide. These ne
To the victims of the London Bridge terror attack. The Prime Minister, the labour leader and the mayor of london stood to remember saskia jones and jack merritt with a minutes 00 01 12,1000 00 01 14,236 silence. Bell tolls. The girlfriend of jack merritt, along with family and friends, attended a service in cambridge. Both victims were graduates of its university. Let us pray for all faithful muslims grieving at such acts taken in the name of their faith. The conservatives and labour have continued to exchange accusations about the circumstances of the attacker usman khans Early Release. Also this lunchtime. The point of no return on Climate Change is looming. The stark warning from the United Nations as leaders gather in madrid for talks. Monday morning misery for commuters on South Western Railway, at the start of a 27 day strike by rail workers. Thousands of people in falkirk endure a freezing night after a gas powerfailure, which could go on until the weekend. And a double century
Of violence against women. Hello to you. Concentrations of Greenhouse Gases in earths atmosphere have reached new highs according to the latest figures, and there is no sign of any decline, not even a slowdown. One of the worlds leading experts on Climate Change says hes now scared for the future of the planet after the latest report by the World Meteorological organization. Sir david king, the former chief scientific adviser to the uk government, says there is a lack of Political Leadership to tackle the scale of the problem. Our chief environment correspondent Justin Rowlatt has more details. Floods in england. Record spring temperatures and wildfires in australia. The worst floods venice has seen in a generation. Scientists say extreme weather events like these will become more common as Climate Change intensifies. And today, we learnt that the gases that trap heat in the atmosphere, causing global warming, have hit record levels yet again. Lets see how concentrations of the main Gr
Im ben brown. Today at two. Bell tolls. The Prime Minister, the labour leader and the mayor of london lead tributes to the victims of the London Bridge terror attack. In cambridge, tributes to jack merritt and saskia jones who were killed. Mr merritts girlfriend attended a service along with family and friends. More details emerge of how a polish chef who fought off the attacker was stabbed five times in the struggle. There is a bad guy, hes got two knives in his hand, there is blood, theres screams, there is chaos. Lucas pulls off this long stick, he charges toward the bad guy and he impacts him 00 01 46,1000 00 01 50,967 on the chest. The point of no return on Climate Change is looming. The stark warning from the United Nations as leaders gather in madrid for talks. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with sarah. Monster innings from joe bruh to. Certainly was. The england captain made a double century. However hopes ofa win, made a double century. However hopes of a win, they
They beat burnley 4 1 in the premier league last night to close the gap on leaders liverpool to eight points. And well try to solve the mystery of the secret santa delighting residents of a leicestershire village by leaving presents in random locations. And no surprises weather wise today, rain back at times, drier for england and wales, ill have the full details coming up. Its wednesday the fourth of december. Our top story the Prime Minister borisjohnson will urge the leaders of the 29 nato states to show a one for all and all for one unity as they begin a summit in hertfordshire today. The meeting marks natos 70th anniversary, but it comes amid tensions about the future of the alliance. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. Not every military alliance gets to celebrate its 70th birthday with the queen at Buckingham Palace, but nato leaders past and present have been keeping her realm safe since just before she ascended the throne. Behind last nights smiles, though, the